I am the custodian of a late 1951 Morris J Type van. This blog will document my J van research, and eventually the restoration of my van.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Its Home!

Coming off the 'big rig'.

The last bit of sunshine

I spent a long day of driving with my Dad to collect the old girl. It was about a 450km round trip, and took most of the day. It was pretty full on so I only managed to take a couple of photos when we were unloading back home. I hired a monster truck and a trailer to do the towing, my RAV4 was going to be a little bit dicey. I'm glad I did, the hired vehicle did it easily and I wasn't stressing about it all the way.

I haven't had a chance to give it a proper check over, but first impressions are that its pretty rough. It looks like the engine conversion was done a while ago, its fully installed and looks like its been in there a long time. The back is full of rusty junk and rotten wood, I'll have to dig it all out and see what's there. There are a lot of obvious parts missing, but spares of others. A quick look over for dates showed a 1950 voltage regulator and some of the remaining glass seems to show first quarter 1951, so maybe a 1951 build. I'll drag the supposedly original engine out of the back tomorrow and see if I can get a number off it, and see if there's anything to be learnt from the chassis plate under the radiator surround.

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About Me

Hi, I live in Hobart,Tasmania, with my wife Carolyn and daughters Sarah and Adele. I work for the Australian Antarctic Division in fisheries science.
I've been into classic British vehicles as long as I can remember, but mostly Minis and Mokes. I have a 1977 Leyland Moke, a 1961 Morris Mini Traveller. I also have a couple of bikes, a 1969 Triumph Trophy and a 1955 BSA C11G.